#A8AEB5#A8AEB5

#A8AEB5 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.012 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB5
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(212, 8%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -0.73, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 4.37, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0037 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.012 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6233, 41.9328, 49.7134)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB5 #B5AFA8

analogous

#A8B4B5 #A8AEB5 #A8A8B5

triadic

#A8AEB5 #B5A8AE #AEB5A8

tetradic

#A8AEB5 #B5A8B4 #B5AFA8 #A8B5A8

square

#A8AEB5 #B5A8B4 #B5AFA8 #A8B5A8

split-complementary

#A8AEB5 #B5A8A8 #B4B5A8

monochromatic

#68717A #878F99 #A8AEB5 #C9CDD1 #EAECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8AEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#A8AEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB5

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB5	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.012 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6cb',
    500: '#a8aeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb5;
$custom-light: #c1c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 8.075,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74819,
    "c": 0.01212,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB5

secondary

#DEDDDA

accent

#755392

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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